live from the bay area's new station this is kron 4 news @ 4:03 p.m. when a big story at 4:30 p.m. new details about a cable car conductor attacked on the job over the weekend he remains in critical conditions at s.f. general but it is improving. he is working in chinatown on sunday when he was attacked and stabbed repeatedly. kron 4 caught up with a co-worker of his who tells us more about the victim. >> he had a pretty easygoing personality and was always very mellow. it was a nice guy. we don't have speculation of why this happened. of course i'm not

that i could think what ever happened to. he is promoted to a position a little while back good for whatever reason he turned it down and came back to the cable cars because there's a certain field for cable cars where we are really tight family. him being a really nice guy and always pleasant to talk to, it was the right to feet. i can't speculate what might happen but we know what happened we just don't know why. it just as matisse and said yoko care how many times to go run the bush is trying to figure out staff does a makes sense of weakness in a lot and we hope he gets we'll soon comes back over here. we really miss him and wish him the best. >> today the suspect 32 year-old george long was charged with attempted

murder and was supposed to be arraigned this morning but the hearing was postponed because he's been held under psychiatric observation. if they'll is been set at $1 million and raiment bail hearing or now scheduled for thursday. bail hearing has been set for the former bart police officer convicted of shooting and killing of our but oscar grant. johannes mehserle is asking to be released on bail while he appeals his on voluntary manslaughter conviction. if he was sentenced to two years in prison for shooting grant at the firm still bart station last year. it was credit for time served he could be eligible for release in about seven months. his bail hearing has not been set for december the third. at oakland mayor ron dellums will not be giving his final state of the city address in person. instead he spit mayor announced he will post a video on the city's website carried along who will turn 75 later this month has rarely been seen in public in recent months and has admitted he is not

at city hall every day. he will be replaced as mayor in january by city councilwoman jean kwan. a gruesome discovery for dog walker on sunday he found a severed arm near the coal fields in golden gate park. it they were able to locate a human body in nearby bushes and say there were obvious signs of decomposition. if the body is described as an unidentified male and the investigation is not considered criminal this point pending the results of the medical examiner's investigation. >> a live look inside for a moment tam cam we could start to see this guy changing color as the sun goes down. it's been a nice day today but just a little cooler than what we saw yesterday. temperatures will in the '60s and '70s and close to the coastline and certain felt the cool down a special around noon or 1:00 today temperatures drop off. 61 san francisco, 65 in

oakland, 73 concord, 73 not box cooling in san jose as well 60 degrees there. temperature change of the past 24 hours 5 to 10 degrees cooler as expected. about 11 degrees cooler, hayward 12 degrees cooler. the cooling trend will continue for the next several days and we'll certainly notice that this evening a few plants go to dinner bring a jacket because temperatures will be about 10 degrees cooler than what was said yesterday. tomorrow morning patchy dense fog in the north bay temperatures also chile. you will need to check it again tomorrow morning. by 3:00 p.m. temperatures are five degrees cooler get a cooling trend continuing and coming back to the forecast later this week. but talk about a coming up. >> new details about the fire at neil young's warehouse. it they say the fire started in the 1959 leaking continental that the singer who converted to a hybrid. he converted it to run on the electric batteries and a diesel

generator as part of the project to create the world's most efficient full- size vehicle. fire crews were able to save 70% of the warehouse contents including other vintage cars and music equipment all longing to and neil young. the beatles are finally coming to the injured at this one and apple announced a musical we sold the nine tunes. the beatles have so far been the most prominent hold out for my tunes and other online music services. apple core which menaces the beatles affair has resisted. this is a trademark dispute between a couple communities and apple corps it all started in 2007 when they agreed on the joint use of the apple logo and name. for a tally shows is how they had this to build anticipation. >> apple created aura of mystery they said tomorrow is just another day you will never forget it agreed to big stir in the media on the

internet and over the airways including your kron 4. apple is expected to make a big announcement. it to stay you could see this iconic picture of the fab four and a simple words the beatles tunes. while it was widely anticipated for apple to come together with one of the biggest and best selling bands in rock history, not everyone is impressed. here use the washington post article that said it's the beatles on attunes yawn. i went to an apple store in san francisco and i ask people if bit about my love me do what i tubes with worth the hype? direction i got was mixed. >> the bills are still selling records when the best plan it. >> you can't go wrong there. it's not a new platform for anything it's just a new piece of content for the already existing system. it was sort of movement and not

issue in my world. >> i think everything apple does is worth the fight. >> the countdown is on to turkey day for the and giving and if you haven't made your travel plans yet you better get started. as stephanie report a huge surge of travelers is expected on the roads, on the rails and the air next week. >> if you're planning a traveling this thanksgiving and get ready for crowded airports and busy highways. more than 42 million americans are expected to travel this thanksgiving that's a huge increase from last year when 37 million people traveled over the five days. although it may not sound like a this is a sign of improving economy where the recession took hold in 2008 thanksgiving travel plunged more than 25% can only increase 5.2% it doesn't mind. let's pretend that people would travel and 4% of viacom it to brazil will travel by train buster boat and a whopping 94% will drive this year that's up to 0% from last year. the wall

gas prices on the rise about 24¢ more a gallon last year, aaa said that will not be a big enough increase to discourage travelers since giving. in new york. >> that seasonal is family and away after a two day delay to test the quality of this season's catch. crab fishermen were given the okay to set the pots in the water this morning. they have an official ban on sunday but the early catch on a mature crops with too little meat. after testing crabs caught yesterday fishermen were given the green light. they say they expect another strong crops season this year commercial crop was through june the 30th. if a live look outside at traffic this tuesday this is in san jose highway 1 01 at the guadalupe overpass. the headlights' assault on as it is the traffic is moving at a meeting o'clock there and the northbound traffic is pretty light will be back much more ahead.

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prince william has finally proposed to kate built-in and is a big banks go is plans you're looking at the undo the next king and queen of england does listen to the sounds of those cameras cooking away like crazy as kate showed up to make the announcement today. both nearly blinded by the foch's. in a later interview we heard a little bit about the proposal as he popped the question last month in kenya. >> we've been talking about marriage fall while it wasn't a surprise attack or someone is in kenya and proposed. >> it was truly romantic. >> this year and kate said thing as a novelty portia's remain very low-key throughout the courtship. did that in 2002 when both attended st. andrews university in scotland. if prince trulls, the tip of the news today wall of the

public appearance. british prime minister david can recall the great news for england. the government for ready to do his thing we could to help make sure what we'll go will be a great day of national celebration that will be a great success. william kate say william's mother diana could be here to celebrate. kate's engagement ring is always blow to the princess of wales they say it's their way of including her. it will be back after this break. the black widow spider's severe bite

can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator a live look from the bay bridge toll plaza still sunny out there right now but the sun starting to go down a temperatures will drop off once it does. was already cooler this afternoon to ratify to 10 degrees cooler with temperatures close to the coast line. '50s and '60s in the north bay in landed down south. cooling off in san jose to 69 degrees, 60 in

mountain view right now. you're going to need that jacket tomorrow morning as you head out the door. 42 napa, 43 santa rosa, 48 redwood city, 44, kurds of chile all around even in san francisco 50 degrees. in the afternoon things will be they still cooler than what we saw today but sunny and temperatures a little bit above average for this time a year. 67 santa rosa, 63, upper 60s inland, 60 degrees on the market have been bay, 70 in san jose. the cooling trend continues for the week and rain back in the forecast by this weekend. 3:00 on friday a chance for a light sprinkles in the north bay chips is increasing to the 11:00 hour friday night and it will stationary for most of friday into early saturday. the rain picks up to the northeast of the bay area and again saturday mostly shall read not much impressed of rainfall totals expected but the rain will

be off and ofon. shell is back in the forecast friday night to will be off and on the rain through the weekend it will be cool, windy a different forecast for what was out there last weekend so enjoy the nice weather while we still have it. >> justin, on been killed in a wood chipper accident monday has been identified he is 33 year-old antonio he was a concord resident doing yard work in a whole. this was yesterday afternoon he got caught in the wood chipper police say he was loading tree waist and a rope attached to him and got tangled in the machinery he was pronounced dead at the scene and autopsy was scheduled for today. >> shall hear stanley roberts to from some people behaving badly. >> parking allowed 850 bryant st. also known as the hall of justice is terrible. it's so bad even the police

double park. however come some city workers have found a loophole to pay parking it's called a whole made placards. if your city worker i want to wake up and pay attention to what i have to show you. homemade placards come in various forms this what is a city of san francisco pay roll album on the envelope has a written note saying the meter is out of order so the truck's its entire day at that spot. this car has what appears to be a subpoena in the window again it's there to avoid parking ticket to or you can just get an interoffice memo but even they to avoid a parking ticket. my favorite, an official looking police patched in the window and part of a day without fear of getting sighted. apparently this also applies to shares patches as well although the driver did leave of the back of five minutes note. the best of official placard is a business card i found plenty

of those all around. ivan from one from the dea office when the odor ride past about the car his response the card was there because someone had his car and just in case to come back they can contact him. wait to there's one more this car has a san francisco police department parking ticket book and a window so get this avoid a parking ticket. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> have 5:30 p.m. show this video to the mayor san francisco and he gives us his response. if you have a comment story idea for stanley e-mail us at people behaving badly at www.kron4.com. the chevy voltas motor trend magazine car of the year for 2011. the magazine's editor in chief said it's a breakthrough by offer low cost efficient alternative to the purely gas engine. the voltage has electric engine with a range of

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sizes he told a u.k. newspaper i was horrified when i saw the photo of mass of my belly was and i looked huge not the time of the fall on the left to wait 297 lbs. ollie did was change is dead, and join a gym and hired a personal trainer to drop the way. stay with us the kron 4 news at 5 coming up next.

live this is kron 4 news that 5:00. the wild robbery and chase across the bay bridge it was on from the streets of oakland up to 580 it across to treasure island and then back across the bay bridge and into open again that's were the police arrested three suspects. there suspected of a string of robberies in oakland including the loss reported robbery at santa clara avenue and jane street. >> you're lookingt